photo credit: Big C Harvey I figured after eating at Five Guys Burgers & Fries several times in one week, I would give them a review on this here web log. Finding a good burger joint is not incredibly difficult in the Sacramento area. Not to mention the fact that defining a good burger joint … Continue reading “Five Guys Burgers & Fries”
Being the childhood home of Runnergirl as well as an historical and interesting place, Auburn has long held a special place in my heart. However, it’s really only in the last few years that I’ve taken the time to really investigate the good vittles up there. Sure there’s gold in them thar hills, but there’s … Continue reading “Auburn Restaurant Roundup: Beer, Burgers, and Bit of Fine Dining”
How’s this for poetic justice? The parent company of Carl’s Jr. burger chains agreed to pay $255,000 to settle claims that a shift manager at an Elk Grove restaurant used racial epithets, told co-workers he had “white pride” and flashed white power signs while on the job, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Wednesday. … Continue reading “A lifetime of six dollar burgers.”
Well, dear readers, much has transpired since I wrote my last post in 2015. In 2016 I moved my family out to Fair Oaks, leaving behind our beloved Tahoe Park and being grid-adjacent (or at least near-grid-adjacent) and adopting the life of suburbanites. (This was the most important thing that happened in 2016.) While we definitely … Continue reading “Fair Oaks delights, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the ‘burbs”
I know it’s a chain. I know the drinks are too expensive. I know you can’t go there without getting hit on by some geriatric divorcee or Persian car dealer. I know. I know all of these things. It doesn’t make the burger taste any worse. It is a perfect burger. Poppyseed bun. House ground, … Continue reading “Sorry Folks, Bandera is Still the Best Burger in Town”
Rebuild McKinley, the group created to build a new playground to replace the one destroyed in a fire last year, is having a grand opening event today to celebrate the creation of the new structure. The new structure is amazing, with major elements sharing an East Sacramento theme (continuing some of the designs in the … Continue reading “New McKinley Park playground opening today”
Another fall has arrived with its soon-to-be normal range of triple-digit temperatures, hearkening us back up to the ‘Hill, Apple Hill that is. Apple Hill is in the first fledgling stages of  harvest mode, popping the heat-soaked apples off the trees and pumping out cold, sweet cider instead of the warm, mulled variety. Nevertheless, the … Continue reading “Apple Hill Unpeeled 2012”
Just in case you thought that ramen, or salumi, or Korean tacos were the next big thing, the simple burger is back to establish its supremacy as America’s (and Sacramento’s) original “big thing.” It’s called the Sacramento Burger Battle. Tomorrow night at Raley Field, over a dozen local burger slingers will pit their skills against … Continue reading “Burger Battle Tomorrow”
The maybe-late-to-the-game-but-sure-to-dominate-the-market-eventually Google Offers program added Sacramento today along with Detroit, Indianapolis, Ft. Worth, Long Beach, and St. Louis. The first deal in Sacramento? Sacramento: $5 for $15 of burgers, sandwiches, salads and more at Hamburger PattiesThe days of ’50s diners may be long gone, but you can still get a great burger, fries and … Continue reading “Sacramento added to Google Offers”
I finally had a chance to catch up with the very popular Miniburger truck yesterday as it came to my neck of the woods during lunch time. I had been following them on Twitter for a while, but it was never worth hopping in the car and chasing them down to wait in line for … Continue reading “Miniburger truck delivers”
The Sac Rag 